Product Flyer. ServAssure Advanced. Performance Management. Why Do Something Different? Network and Subscriber Experience at a Glance

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1 ServAssure Advanced Performance Management Why Do Something Different?!! Operators need to continuously and proactively improve network reliability!! Operators need to improve customer satisfaction Why Now?!! DOCSIS 3.0 has introduced increased complexity!! Non-revenue generating truck rolls are increasing OPEX Why ARRIS?!! Customer Experience measurements!! Solutions for DOCSIS 3.0 networks & devices!! Increased serviceability and quality!! Advanced capacity planning!! Modular offering to meet your needs!! ARRIS manages 70+ million CPE devices worldwide!! Market leader in network, service assurance Product Flyer Network and Subscriber Experience at a Glance ARRIS ServAssure Advanced Performance Management is one of the modular offerings in the comprehensive ARRIS ServAssure suite of network and service management solutions. ServAssure Advanced is speci!cally designed to provide you with comprehensive subscriber experience monitoring and management. Including complete data-collection compatibility with multiple vendors, ServAssure Advanced transforms raw data into meaningful information to help you take full control of cable s last mile. In addition, you can proactively!nd, assess, and manage High Speed Data (HSD) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) quality in real-time. Integrated Network Control and Analysis ServAssure Advanced features a selection of applications that enable Multiple System Operators (MSOs) to manage and control CableLabs DOCSIS services, bandwidth, and devices on broadband networks while speeding deployment of new Internet Protocol (IP) services. With patented!nger-printing" and normalization technology, ServAssure Advanced offers complete data collection capability with multiple vendors and support for multiple DOCSIS standards. You choose the application options that address the challenges you face, enabling you to design a custom network and service assurance solution to meet your speci!c needs. ServAssure Advanced enables you to provide superior network reliability and serviceability that directly impacts subscriber satisfaction. ServAssure Advanced does this by providing a network and service management solution aimed at consolidating loads of health metrics into meaningful data and by presenting expert recommendations that are directly related to factors that represent the customer experience. ServAssure Advanced is well equipped to assist you on your road to increasing customer satisfaction.

2 DataAssure DataAssure provides a best in class software solution for monitoring broadband cable networks down to the device level. Capable of monitoring millions of devices, DataAssure guarantees maximum performance and availability. Combining comprehensive network data collection and correlation capabilities, DataAssure isolates and prioritizes problems before providing quick and ef!cient recommendations to resolve issues. DataAssure correlates and analyzes all traf!c and connectivity measurements to create a unique measure of subscriber experience and service availability represented on a single screen via network health summaries. With these summaries, operators can measure network availability based on Degraded Modem Hours (DMH) and Severely Degraded Modem Hours (SDMH). Network health summaries enable you to:!! Quickly identify the most severe problems on the network and detect where the most customers have been impacted for the longest time!! View a user-con!gurable list of the detected problems and sort on a variety of factors!! Get detailed recommendations in order of least cost or operational impact!! Compare relative performance of markets and hubs Recognizing the importance of immediate noti!cation of network problems, DataAssure comes with a "exible, real-time mechanism for delivering critical network events. An operator can subscribe to personalized events, which are delivered to a DataAssure inbox or multiple addresses. These events, categorized as high or extremely high, cover the key indicators of network problems. DataAssure also provides detailed views of the location, con!guration, settings, and network performance of any Cable Modem (CM) and Multi Media Terminal Adapter (MTA) on your network. ServAssure Advanced was the!rst software to provide real-time and historical data for the CM as well as the interface and Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) supporting that device. DataAssure enables you to react and escalate quickly, reducing mean time to repair with focused!x agents. The ServAssure Advanced platform data collection engine periodically polls all elements in the broadband cable network. All data collected from the network is checked for integrity and persisted for further processing and analysis. DataAssure analyzes this data and collects real-time information to pinpoint speci!c CM and MTAs in the network topology while performing con!guration and statistical analysis and providing historical and real-time reports.

3 VoiceAssure Meeting customer demands for quality voice and VoIP service satisfaction VoiceAssure offers complete VoIP service lifecycle management from initial network analysis and optimization to ongoing fault and performance management to capacity planning. This enables viewing and managing of critical health metrics for quality and capacity management of your IP networks and IP telephony-based services. VoiceAssure facilitates quick time to market and ef!cient management of high value services and is focused on service and service assurance versus traditional network monitoring. VoiceAssure facilitates the delivery of fast, "awless VoIP installations and troubleshooting for continued quality of service (QoS) and customer satisfaction. With easy to use and simple service views, VoiceAssure helps operators determine in real-time where VoIP will work problem-free. Having real-time instant access to continually updated operational information enables ef!cient customer communication, deployment, and provisioning while establishing maintenance processes for quality service assurance. VoiceAssure incorporates cable/telephony standards, research, and best practices to provide user-friendly tools to proactively identify and manage VoIP service issues and ongoing maintenance concerns. Bandwidth Usage Reporter Bandwidth Usage Reporter (BUR) is designed speci!cally for bandwidth management on broadband cable networks that can have millions of devices. BUR stops "revenue leakage" by transparently collecting and accurately identifying all devices on the network, and quickly identifying overactive bandwidth consumers and mis-provisioned unauthorized devices. BUR gives an instant inventory of the CMs on your network as well as the associated bandwidth consumption patterns, provisioned class of service, and QoS con!guration. BUR comes with out-of-the box reports and graphs to provide you with valuable information on bandwidth issues. BUR can immediately determine which subscribers are using the most bandwidth during peak hours, locate modems that are in violation of fair-use policy, and more. Because the majority of the reports are con!gurable, ServAssure Advanced provides with maximum "exibility to enable access to the analysis and bandwidth information that is most relevant to your needs.

4 ServAssure Advanced Platform Options The ServAssure Advanced Platform is a distributed infrastructure comprising of one central Platform Controller and one or more StarNodes. Each StarNode implements services that collect,!lter, and analyze information from the CMTSs assigned to the StarNode and from the CPEs supported by the CMTS. ServAssure Advanced includes a variety of platform options designed to complement the features of the integrated product suite: Topology Light Topology Light provides an option to import subscriber and billing related information into ServAssure Advanced. ServAssure Advanced then matches this information to the end customer's CPE, HFC topology and other plant data linking subscriber and network data for more advanced proactive and reactive troubleshooting. This advanced insight into a customer's unique experience helps Customer Service Representatives (CSRs) and Technicians pinpoint possible issues and react quickly and accurately to avoid service degradation and outages. The Export Connector Gain operational ef!ciencies by using the data extracted by the ServAssure Advanced Export Connector to proactively address possible service, bandwidth, and capacity issues before they affect the end user. Additionally if you are looking to generate new revenue streams, using the Export Connector in conjunction with Bandwidth Usage Reporter, enables you to create new service offerings based on subscriber bandwidth consumption, threshold capabilities, and/or bandwidth on demand. The Trap Connector Supports a variety of network connectivity and traf!c events and enables you the "exibility to customize event thresholds, state transitions and trap payload parameters.

5 The Web Service Connector Streamlines integrations with third party applications by providing an open interface to both real-time and historical data elements provided by the DOCSIS network. The Web Service Connector (WSC) can be easily incorporated into consumer call center applications to address the following scenarios:!! Bring together performance and fault management information with call center data to dramatically reduce the possibility of service disruptions to end users. The WSC addresses the performance needs of both centralized and distributed organizations, enabling support organizations to reduce truck rolls, increase productivity, and improve customer satisfaction.!! Pre-integrated with WorkAssure Workforce Automation, the WSC enables technicians with WorkAssure supported handhelds to send commands to ServAssure Advanced and perform whole house checks before leaving the subscriber's location. The HouseCheck Solution provides a snap-shot from ServAssure Advanced DataAssure and includes the creation and storage of CPE birth certi!cates. HouseCheck Connector Leverages the ServAssure Advanced WSC to provide an open interface to enable third-party workforce management systems to request real-time whole house checks for the following CPE - CMs, MTAs, DOCSIS and Scienti!c Atlanta set-top boxes (STBs). The HouseCheck Solution provides detailed data about the performance levels of the CPEs in a subscriber s home while also allowing for the creation of a CPE birth certi!cate. HouseCheck support for Motorola STB s will be generally available in 2011.!! The industry average for a newly installed subscriber requiring a repeat call within 30 days due to faulty installation is 10 15% and rising. These repeat calls can be avoided by ensuring proper installation quality during the initial installation using the HouseCheck solution and its complementary birth certi!cate feature.!! HouseCheck can reduce the time spent by installers on each job, saving money and ensuring a higher rate of quality service delivery during the initial installation. It also signi!cantly reduces, if not eliminates, costly post-install trouble calls, increasing customer satisfaction and retention.

6 ServAssure Advanced Performance Management WSC Router Helps streamline operations for MSOs with multiple instances of ServAssure Advanced by managing WSC requests. The request doesn't need to know what instance of ServAssure Advanced is managing a device because the WSC Router has the ability to transparently route web service requests from a central call center to multiple ServAssure Advanced instances. ServAssure Advanced Performance and Analytics Management ServAssure Advanced is just one of the application suites in the comprehensive ARRIS ServAssure family of products. It is designed to offer a "exible, end-to-end solution or a modular, integrated one that works with an operator s existing infrastructure. ServAssure Advanced is a proven, real-world performance and analytics assurance solution that saves operators money while improving subscriber satisfaction by better managing and utilizing new and existing resources. Please contact ARRIS for more details: SAA_PF_25JUN12 The capabilities, system requirements and/or compatibility with third-party products described herein are subject to change without notice. ARRIS, the ARRIS logo, Auspice, BigBand Networks, BigBand Networks and Design, BME, BME 50, BMR, BMR100, BMR1200, C3, C4, C4c, C-COR, CHP Max5000, ConvergeMedia, Cornerstone, CORWave, CXM, D5, Digicon, E6000, ENCORE, EventAssure, Flex Max, FTTMax, HEMi, MONARCH, MOXI, n5, nable, nvision, OpsLogic, OpsLogic Service Visibility Portal, Opti Max, PLEXiS, PowerSense, QUARTET, Rateshaping, Regal, ServAssure, Service Visibility Portal, TeleWire Supply, TLX, Touchstone, Trans Max, VIPr, VSM, and WorkAssure are all trademarks of ARRIS Group, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and the names of their products. ARRIS disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. Copyright 2012 ARRIS Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of ARRIS Group, Inc. is strictly forbidden. For more information, contact ARRIS.